THE MIRACULOUS MEAL FOR DAIRY FARMING SILAGE
Dairy farming is a tough occupation. The dairy farmers have to work very hard to get a profit. So today we will be talking about a miraculous meal “Silage", which could be helpful for our farmer friends as this meal is highly nutritious and it can provide with a great increment in the productivity.
Silage is a kind of fodder
that is manufactured from green foliage crops by preserving these crops through
fermentation. Now there are different kinds of silage produced which have
different kind of nutritional factors but one thing which all of them have in
common is that they all are highly nutritious and are guaranteed to provide an
increment in productivity.
Let’s have a look at some of the best silages-
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Sugarcane
silage- As the name
suggests it is manufactured from sugarcane, it can be fed to cows, buffaloes, and bulls. If we talk about its nutritional values then it
has a dry matter of 32%, C.P. of 7%, ADF of 30-40%, NDF of 40-60%, and 30-40% Sugar. Sugarcane silage is very easy to digest for the cattle.
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Corn
silage- It is manufactured from corn by fermenting
the crop. It is considered the best option for increasing the productivity of
cattle as it is very high in energy and can be
easily digested. It has very high nutritional
values.
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Wheat
silage- This is yet another kind of
silage made out of wheat. It is also a high energy-providing protein-rich source of
nutrition available at decent prices, it is
very much similar to the alfalfa haylage also the wheat silage has a low fiber content so it’s easy to
digest.
These were some of the best silages. Now some other important
things about silages are –
- They have quite a
long shelf life, almost 18 months.
- They
are a kind of instant and ready to use product, which means you won’t need
to do much hard work you have to just buy them open the packing, and feed
them to your cattle.
While buying silage one should look for these qualities-
- It should have less fiber content so that it’s easy for the cattle to digest.
- Its packaging should be of good quality to ensure long
shelf life.
These were some of the
important things about silage which should be kept in mind while buying it. Now
in the last, I would like to talk about one more marvelous thing, who is doing
a fabulous job for the Indian farmers. Silage is a product which was innovated
in Europe and Indian farmers didn’t have access to it earlier but now “Silage
Agro" an agricultural products company based in Punjab has started
making silage on European standards and is sailing it at affordable prices,
with deliveries available all across the nation.
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